SOME MORE CHRISTMAS

WE ARE READY HERE AT THE OLIVER HOME!! I LOVE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY PARTY'S TO  ATTEND I LOVE SEEING MY FAMILY AND LOVES ONES, I LOVE HOW EXCITED ZAK GETS TO GO TO THESE PARTY'S, I PUT MY OLD WINDOW THAT I GOT ON THAT ROAD TRIP THAT ZAK AND I TOOK IN OCTOBER ON MY MANTEL I LOVE IT THERE I ALREADY HAVE PLANS FOR IT FOR VALENTINE'S I KNOW CRAZY GIRL LAST YEAR AFTER CHRISTMAS I GOT THE FLOCKED GARLAND TO GO WITH MY FLOCKED TREE, I LOVE IT.  I HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THIS TIME OF YEAR!!!

{VISITING WITH SANTA}

WE HAVE TAKEN ZAK EVERY YEAR THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING TO GO GET ZAK PICTURE TAKEN WITH SANTA FIVE YEARS AGO HE WAS ONLY FIVE DAYS OLD, I KEEP THINKING WHEN I TOOK HIM I CAN'T BELIEVE HE IS FIVE WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS PICTURE TURNED OUT SO GOOD BECAUSE THERE WAS A VERY LARGE FAMILY IN FRONT OF US AND THE MORE WE WAITED THE MORE SCARED ZAK WAS GETTING HE WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE SANTA BUT WHEN WE HAD TO WAIT HE WAS GETTING A LITTLE SCARED I WAS REALLY GETTING WORRIED HE TOLD ME HE DIDN'T WANT TO SIT ON HIS LAP I WAS LIKE O NO THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING BUT THEN WHEN WE GOT HIM UP THERE SANTA SAID COME SIT WITH ME AND TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT HE STARTED TO CRY THEN SANTA SAID I CAN'T HEAR YOU, COME UP ON MY LAP THEN HE DID I LOVE THIS PICTURE I TREASURE THESE PICTURES I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I WENT IN THE STORE BEFORE ZAK WAS BORN THINKING I HOPE HE COMES BEFORE THANKSGIVING BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN HE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE BORN, I REMEMBER TELLING MELISSA SHE WAS ALSO HOPING HE WOULD COME CUZ SHE GOES SHOPPING THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING WE BOTH GOT OUR WISHES. I LOVE THIS SANTA I LOVE HIS OLD SLEIGH, I HOPE NEXT YEAR HE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER OR SISTER TO SIT NEXT TO HIM. EITHER WAY IF NOT I KNOW I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE ZAK, WE LOVE HIM SO, SO MUCH.

CHRISTMAS CLASS TREAT'S AND TEACHER GIFT'S

FOR ZAK'S CLASS WE PUT TOGETHER SNOWMAN SOUP  A PACKET OF HOT CHOCOLATE WITH SNOWMAN MARS MELLOWS AND SOME LITTLE CANDY CANES WITH SOME HERSHEY KISSES,  AND ALSO GAVE THEM A SNOWMAN BOOK. WE LOVE SNOWMAN AT THIS HOUSE. I ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH FUN DOING UP THINGS LIKE THIS. FOR HIS TEACHER AND THE DIRECTOR WE GAVE THEM THIS METAL SNOWMAN THAT HAS THREE PARTS TO HIM, SO WE DID A SCARF, AND A MOVIE GIFT CARD AND SOME CHRISTMAS CANDY. ZAK CAN'T WAIT TO HAND THESE OUT TOMORROW  AT SCHOOL HE ALSO GETS TO TAKE A GIFT TO EXCHANGE AND HAVE THERE CHRISTMAS PARTY. 

CHRISTMAS IN THE KITCHEN

WHERE HAS DECEMBER GONE? IT HAS BEEN CRAZY BUT I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR, THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHRISTMAS I HAVE IN MY KITCHEN, THIS YEAR I DECIDED TO BRING MY OLD DOOR INTO MY KITCHEN I LOVE IT THERE, SOME TIMES IT IS GOOD TO CHANGE THINGS AROUND, I THINK MY RED TABLE THAT I GOT THIS LAST SUMMER AT A YARD SALE WILL STAY RED, I WAS THINKING OF PAINTING IT BUT WHEN I USED IT FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY AND NOW CHRISTMAS I LOVE THE RED. I WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOLIDAYS VALENTINES!! I GOT THE WHITE FLOCKED TREE THIS SUMMER AT A YARD SALE FOR $.25 I LOVE IT I ALSO GOT THE VINTAGE SANTA AND HIS REINDEER AT A YARD SALE FOR $1.00 I LOVE GETTING OUT THESE THINGS I LOVE TO FIND THEM AT YARD SALES. I WILL SHOW YOU MORE OF MY HOME. I LOVE THE MAGICAL FEEL THAT IS IN MY HOME. I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR HOUSE A HOME AND TO FILL IT UP WITH LOVE AND HAPPY MEMORIES. I HOPE EVERY ONE IS ENJOYING THIS TIME A YEAR AS WELL.

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT,YOU BETTER NOT CRY

HAPPY DEC 1ST EVERYONE. WHAT A MAGICAL MONTH DEC IS I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!! IT MAKES IT SO MUCH BETTER WITH LITTLE ONES IN THE HOME, THE ELF HAS BEEN COMING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW HE ALWAYS COMES ON DEC 1ST WITH A CHOCOLATE CALENDER, HE EVEN BROUGHT SOME SANTA BUBBLE GUM TAPE, AND OF COURSE HIS LETTER TO THE FAMILY. SOME LITTLE BOY SURE DOES LOVE THE ELF, THIS YEAR HE IS A NEW ELF, WHAT A CUTIE HIS  NAME IS JOLLY. MRS CLAUSE NAMED HIM THAT BECAUSE HE IS JOLLY, AND CHEERFUL REMINDS ME OF SOME LITTLE BOY WHO LIVES HERE. WE ARE EXCITED FOR THIS MONTH TO SHARE, AND MAKE FAMILY MEMORIES, AND TO REMEMBER THE REAL REASON WE CELEBRATE THIS TIME OF YEAR!! HAPPY DECEMBER!!!